Humans ’ ancestors survived asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs
A Cretaceous origin for placental mammals, the group that includes humans, dogs and bats, has been revealed by in-depth analysis of the fossil record, showing they co-existed with dinosaurs for a short time before the dinosaurs went extinct.
Source: University of Bristol news - June 27, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Research; Faculty of Science, Faculty of Science, School of Earth Sciences; Press Release Source Type: news

General health advice and guidelines for pilgrims
27 June 2023 –  The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a list of recommendations that each pilgrim should follow. These recommendations are in line with the health requirements set by the health authorities in Saudi Arabia for pilgrims in the Hajj season this year.  Physical ability, chronic diseases and health education WHO recommends that authorities at pilgrims’ countries of origin should take into account that a pilgrim should have minimum physical ability for Hajj. It also alerts to the high risk of infectious diseases in older people and those with severe chronic diseases such as ...
Source: WHO EMRO News - June 27, 2023 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news

Butterfly tree of life reveals an origin in North America
About 100 million years ago, a group of trendsetting moths started flying during the day rather than at night, taking advantage of nectar-rich flowers that had co-evolved with bees. That single event led to the evolution of all butterflies …
Source: NSF News - June 26, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news

Immigration status, legal vulnerability, and suicidal/self-harm ideation disparities among immigrant-origin Latinx young adults in the US - Hagan MJ, Hernandez MM, Enriquez LE, Ay ón C.
Theories of suicidality typically center intrapersonal processes, with limited attention to social determinants of mental health disparities. Using a legal vulnerability framework, we examined the association between self/parental immigration status and su...
Source: SafetyLit - June 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

How Each State Got Its Name
You can practically glean the history of America in the names of all 50 states. The story of the United States begins in the East and the South and is reflected in the origin of the names of the states. In the East and South, many states owe their monikers to our forebears from England, France,…#south #spain #vermont #florida #nativeamerican #arkansas #oklahoma #minnesota #northandsouthdakota #spanish
Source: Reuters: Health - June 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Fauci ' s Flip-Flopping Lab-Leak Denier Subpoenaed After Stonewalling Congress On ' Proximal Origin '
Fauci's Flip-Flopping Lab-Leak Denier Subpoenaed After Stonewalling Congress On 'Proximal Origin' A scientist who originally told Dr. Anthony Fauci that Covid-19 looks "potentially" engineered, only to flip-flop days later and co-author a report prompted by Fauci "disproving" the lab-leak…#fauci #anthonyfauci #kristiananderson #congressional #subcommittee #bradwenstrup #nih #franciscollins #wuhan #universityofsydney
Source: Reuters: Health - June 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Sundar Pichai says Google plans to invest $10B in India ' s digitization fund and announces the opening of Google ' s fintech operation center in GIFT City, Gujarat
Indian-origin CEO of Google and parent company Alphabet, Sundar Pichai , on Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington, after which the executive announced that his organisation would be investing $10 billion in India's digitisation fund Prime Minister Modi was on a three-day state…#google #alphabet #sundarpichai #narendramodi #micron #appliedmaterials #pmmodi #chennai #gift #gujarat
Source: Reuters: Health - June 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

JBrowse 2: Adding your own data
JBrowse 2 provides considerable support for adding your own data. The first point about adding your own data is this: it doesn’t get uploaded to anywhere. The data you add always stays where it starts, there is no “uploading” of the data. This is an important point if you are worried about the privacy of your data. JBrowse supports several common formats for genomics data, including GFF, VCF, BED, BigWig, BigBed, and BAM/CRAM. For a complete list of supported formats, see the JBrowse 2 documentation. For supported formats, the only caveat is that the reference sequence names should be names that the WormBase JBrow...
Source: WormBase - June 23, 2023 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Scott Cain Tags: tutorials jbrowse2 Source Type: news

3M ’ s Historic $10 Billion ‘ Forever Chemical ’ Payout Is Just The Tip of the PFAS Iceberg
If you’re like 200 million other Americans, when you turned on your tap today you consumed water contaminated with PFAS—short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, but better known as “forever chemicals” because that’s about how long they linger in the environment. A class of nearly 12,000 manufacturing chemicals, PFAS have been detected in water supplies nationwide, and have been linked to a range of health ills, including decreased fertility, high blood pressure in pregnant people, increased risk of certain cancers, developmental delays and low birthweight in children, hormonal disruptio...
Source: TIME: Health - June 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Environment Environmental Health healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Vanderbilt ’ s Decision to Turn Over Trans Patient Records to the State Sparks Backlash
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) confirmed Tuesday that it turned over transgender patients’ medical records to the Tennessee attorney general as part of an investigation into medical billing—a move that stirred controversy and privacy concerns. VUMC offers transgender-related health care for adults and minors in Tennessee and nearby states, where these services are increasingly limited amid polarizing debates and legal clashes over transgender issues across the U.S. Families whose underage children received gender-affirming care at the center felt particularly violated over the record sharing. The...
Source: TIME: Health - June 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Anisha Kohli Tags: Uncategorized General Assignment Health Care Source Type: news

We Are all Asgardians: New Clues to the Origin of Complex Life
The Asgard archaea evolved over 2 billion years ago, and their descendants are still living today
Source: Disabled World - June 22, 2023 Category: Disability Tags: Anthropology and Disabilities Source Type: news

More India-made cough and cold syrups under WHO lens
"To date this situation has impacted more than 20 products with two countries of origin (India& Indonesia) and more than 15 different manufacturers," WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris told ET. All the products are syrup-based such as paracetamol, cough, and vitamins. WHO added that though the investigations in the impacted countries are ongoing, a link has not yet been established.
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - June 22, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

More India-made cough & cold syrups under WHO lens
"To date this situation has impacted more than 20 products with two countries of origin (India& Indonesia) and more than 15 different manufacturers," WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris told ET. All the products are syrup-based such as paracetamol, cough, and vitamins. WHO added that though the investigations in the impacted countries are ongoing, a link has not yet been established.
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - June 21, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Brazil seizes world ’s biggest illegal shark fin consignment
SÃO PAULO — Brazilian authorities said on Monday they had seized 28.7 metric tonnes of illegally obtained shark fins that would be exported to Asia, in what they called the world’s largest confiscation of its kind at the origin. Environmental protection agency Ibama estimated the consignment…#brazilian #ibama #makoshark #brazil #jairschmitt #pará #luizinácio #luladasilvas #jairbolsonaro #santacatarina
Source: Reuters: Health - June 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Kraven ' s Movie Origin Takes Inspiration From A C-List Marvel Superhero
Finally fans get a look at Aaron Taylor-Johnson's "Kraven the Hunter," and with the first trailer, it appears Sony has switched up the villain's origin story.#aarontaylorjohnson #kravenhunter #sony
Source: Reuters: Health - June 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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